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Publication details [#2289]
Comrie, Bernard. 1976. Linguistic politeness axes: Speaker-addressee, speaker-referent, speaker-bystander. Pragmatics Microfiche 1 (7) : A3–A3.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
Many languages are said to require an overt distinction among the three forms of politeness mentioned in the title. The relation between politeness phenomena and the performative hypothesis is discussed.